SEN. Sherwin Gatchalian on Monday urged the government to provide “emergency” financial assistance and livelihood to over 6,000 workers who will be affected by the six-month closure of Boracay island.

The government will shut down Boracay on April 26 to rehabilitate the island that President Rodrigo Duterte described a “cesspool.”

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